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Short-Timer is a small part of the history of the Vietnam War, America's longest war where for the first time, men of every ethnic background and color fought together side by side in fully integrated units. It is the story of one individual's survival in a war where flashing the peace sign was perfectly acceptable, while waving a clinched fist in the air, the Black Power symbol, was a court martial offense. Short-Timer is at times, a frighten...

The best of Matthew Henry's spiritual insights are collected into one complete volume. Illustrations.

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One hundred years ago, Cedar Rapids was nicknamed "The Parlor City" and "Queen City, " and was known for its massive grain processing plants. Today, Cedar Rapids is known not only for its agricultural products, but also for its communications industries ranging from radio to avionics manufacturing to telecommunications.Cedar Rapids, Iowa focuses on the uniquely progressive heritage of the city, since its founding in 1842. The major institution...

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In the small, peaceful community of Mariah, North Carolina, hell is about to break loose. One night, the town's oldest church is mysteriously burned to the ground. All that's left from the blaze is the church's aged altar, the cross bent over as if in prayer due to the extreme heat. The town's sheriff, Angela Solomon, is called to investigate.Unfortunately, no clues are found. The arson squad can't identify the cause or origin of the fire, whi...

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Includes stories that discuss con men and tricksters and 'innocent' deceivers, about fate, luck, and coincidence, have delighted generations of readers. Set in New York and the West, in Central America and the South, this title demonstrates the author's speech and place, and highlights his appreciation of life's quirks.

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Laurie Henry nurtures writers through the long and sometimes lonely task of writing a novel with 115 imaginative journal activities for every stage of the process.

Catskill Trails offers rewarding hikes for every level of ability. Each hike is accompanied by a trail map, a photo, and a "key" to the hike supplying such useful information as where to park, trail difficulty, climb in elevation, distance traveled, and a short synopsis of the route itself.The author, a conservation professional, has taken an interdisciplinary approach, drawing the latest information from geology, forest ecology, meteorology, ...

Here you will discover the methods Jesus taught by looking at styles of prayer and see helpful examples. Ligon Duncan has incorporated some of Henry's other work on prayer. "Henry's approach enables the believer not only to read the Bible and study the Bible, but also to pray the Bible." Philip G. Ryken

In his classic look at the daily walk with God, Henry tells readers how to begin the day with God, spend the day with God, and close the day with God

Matthew Henry's much renowned volumes are now presented in a one-volume edition of the classic devotional commentary, this abridged text preserves all that is most valuable and timely in the original multi-volume edition.

This first-hand account of Tibetan life within a sacred society prior to the Chinese invasion is the most complete and definitive work to date on the subject of Islam in Tibet. It reveals fascinating interplay between the traditional cultures of Islam and Buddhism, the spiritual lives of these very different traditions recognize one another at a level behind external forms.

Since 1979 Blueline has been quietly binding together literature that reflects the distinctive Adirondack spirit. These poems and stories, collected in one volume for the first time, reveal an accumulation of regional writing that forms a contemporary history of the Adirondacks. This history not only celebrates the geography of the Adirondacks but embraces a distinct way of looking at the world. Under the editors' discriminating and watchful e...

Diligently Seeking God presents a year of daily meditations helping readersexplore the topic of God more honestly. Each essay looks into a differentdimension of our need for God and invites readers to desire God more deeply.Offering hope and passion, Diligently Seeking God wrestles with the questions weponder in our most personal moments.

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic for "Time magazine comes the tremendously controversial, yet highly persuasive, argument that our devotion to the largely unexamined myth of egalitarianism lies at the heart of the ongoing "dumbing of America." Americans have always stubbornly clung to the myth of egalitarianism, of the supremacy of the individual average man. But here, at long last, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic William A. Henry ...

In "I, Tom Horn, " originally published in 1975, Will Henry presents a fictional autobiography of Tom Horn that answers decisively the question--did Tom Horn kill fourteen-year-old Willie Kickell, or was he framed? Horn was a cavalry scout in Arizona Territory during the last Apache campaigns, a champion rodeo rider, a Pinkerton, and finally a stock detective in Wyoming. Known and feared as el hombre de sombra (the shadow man), Horn's lifetime...

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